Eligibility

Undergraduate Minor

All UCB undergraduate students are eligible for enrollment in the Public Policy minor. Please complete the Minor Enrollment Formas early in your academic career as possible. You may declare the public policy minor even before enrolling in public policy courses.

Please note: Early declaration of the minor does not obligate you to the program should it become unfeasible later in your academic pursuits.

Requirements

Outlined below are the requirements for the minor and a listing of courses, with their current numbers, that may be taken as part of this program.

The minor requires five courses in public policy

including PP101 (required for the minor, but is not a prerequisite for other PP courses)

with a grade of C- or higher in each

for three or more units each,

not including PP1, 6, or 24.

No more than two non-public policy department courses from course list below may count for the minor. Minor credit for courses not listed may be granted in exceptional circumstances to graduating seniors through petition (available from Jalilah LaBrie) to the Chair of the Minor.

All courses must be taken for a letter grade except PP 199 (Independent Study), and PP 98/198 (DeCal), both which are offered on a P/NP basis. Upon approval from the Chair of the Minor, students should consult with the GSPP Undergraduate Minor Advisor, Jalilah LaBrie, (510) 642-1940, jalilah@berkeley.edu before making arrangements to take this course.

Students may count graduate level Public Policy electives to complete their minor requirements. Generally, undergraduates require an instructor consent form to enroll in graduate electives.

Students may count an unlimited number of PP 190 courses (Special Topics in Public Policy) towards the minor provided that the topic is not repeated. Each PP 190 course must be a minimum of 3 units.

A limit of two, 2-unit PP 98/198 (DeCal) courses (or any combination of two, 2-unit public policy courses) may count as one course towards the minor; only one of these can be PP 98.

Students may notify the Student Affairs Officer, Jalilah LaBrie, at the Goldman School of Public Policy, of their intent to minor in Public Policy by submitting the Declaration of Intent to Pursue the Minor in Public Policy form. When the student completes the requirements, the Office of the Registrar will be notified and the Minor will be included on the student's transcript.

Completing the Minor

All public policy minor students must complete a Completion of Public Policy Minor form the semester they are scheduled to graduate in order to receive credit for the Minor. The Minor will not be listed on your diploma. Students who complete the requirements for the Public Policy Minor will receive a certificate of completion in the U.S. mail. Within six weeks after receiving the certificate, a notation will appear at the bottom of your transcript that will state "MINOR PROGRAM IN PUBLIC POLICY COMPLETED" with the semester and year.